Even at night, the excavation and cleanup of the messy mine continued. The main role of the work at night was changed to the second group and the independent group that came later.
The second regiment was a direct descendant of Yang Mingzhi, so it was reassuring to have the most troublesome work entrusted to them. They carried a lot of baggage and set up large and small field tents before the sun set.
As for the independent group, they will just start with it for the time being.
Lavrenti and Yevgeny were very happy to carry out the commander's orders and regarded this operation as a real military operation. Similarly, a sense of mission as saviors also drove them to work seriously.
Yang Mingzhi gave them a special task: "After you have finished your meal, hold a torch and enter the mine to look for corpses, even body parts. If there are survivors, whoever brings them will be rewarded!"
Yang Mingzhi also estimated that Salinchkin and others would arrive the next day, but he never thought that they would arrive in the evening. Not only did he come, but there were also journalists from the propaganda outlet.
After all, the mine is a remote place, and there are wild boars in the nearby forest. No one wants to come here on their own initiative! Salinchkin is also here for the first time. In fact, this is also the first time for him to stand in person on a battlefield that has been ravaged by war.
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Under the setting sun, the mine shows an unspeakable sadness!
A large field tent has been set up, which will be the mine headquarters in the future (the original building has been blown up). Yang Mingzhi simply spread a long blanket here and planned to sleep here tonight.
Lin Qijin and others suddenly arrived, so they had no choice but to go out to greet them.
No one looks good when faced with a bad situation.
Salinchin's face was extremely ugly. After seeing Yang Mingzhi, he complained sadly: "This place is like a crater. After being bombed by the enemy, what will happen to our ore?! I don't know the statistics you sent me."
I watched it too! It’s really shocking, a total of nine hundred people died!”
"Yes! It's very bad! But the mining of ore cannot stop! We still go into the big tent to talk."
The situation is urgent and no one is polite. Yang Mingzhi directly stated: "This air strike is just the beginning. In the past two days, the enemy has been conducting reconnaissance, and they have locked the mine! In the future, there will be air strikes here!"
"This is obvious! Now I just want to know what good idea you have! Everyone in the Guerrilla Republic has known about the bombing by enemy planes. A large number of wounded people have been transported back, and the entire hospital has become unprecedentedly busy! I originally wanted to control public opinion.
But the wounded told everything!
Nowadays, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire Blacksmith Village and even other settlements are worried because they don't know when the enemy's next air attack will come and where will the attack target be?
My dear comrade! Our current situation is very dangerous!"
Salinchkin was very excited when he said that. He simply stood up and stood directly in front of Yang Mingzhi. The sweat on his face showed no doubt. Yang Mingzhi was quite surprised. Isn't this old guy famous for his sophistication? He
I was so nervous and anxious, maybe I was frightened by this scene.
The situation he told is indeed bad, "Public opinion is very tense now! The military and civilians are watching us, hoping that we can take some appropriate actions to put everyone at ease."
"Isn't this nonsense?!" Salinchkin shook his head, "All I can think of is to use propaganda methods to show the enemy's criminal bombing! I think that showing the enemy's cruelty can very well inspire morale! But
, this is also a double-edged sword. An overly cruel scene will also make the people afraid! People believe that our army can defeat all attacking enemies. The victory in the battle that just ended has inspired people's hearts. However, this air raid
, making people begin to doubt that the military is incapable of resisting air threats!"
Yang Mingzhi felt very uncomfortable hearing this, and he quickly said: "We still have a way! Enemy planes will no longer be rampant!"
"Oh? Is it the air defense battalion you just established? Maybe we should have established such a unit long ago and deployed it in the mine! You are an excellent military commander. I have to say that you did not do a good job on the air defense issue.
! You should have thought that the mine is very important to us!" At this point, the emotional Salinchkin suddenly discovered that the oriental-faced general was a little unhappy. He immediately changed his mind: "But, it doesn't matter what you say.
It’s too late! We don’t have air superiority. Unless we can have a large number of friendly fighter planes join the battle, the sky will be easily occupied by the enemy!”
The big tent was quiet for more than ten seconds. Yang Mingzhi breathed a long sigh of relief and said slowly: "Comrade Salinchkin, I think Comrade Qiao Shuya only reported to you the heavy casualties here, and other information... was not reported to you.
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"Yes!" Salinchkin shouldn't have a worried look: "Does she have something else to report? I'm actually a little relieved that these female soldiers have shown a very high level of ideological awareness. If they hadn't launched the rescue immediately,
Many of the wounded could not come out of the mines at all!"
"Yes! They are very brave, they are all heroes! During the enemy's bombing, they bravely shot at the enemy planes. Comrade Salinchkin, I must tell you the fact that the enemy's bombing of our army is not one-sided.
Take a beating! Our army also shot down three enemy planes!"
"What? Did they do it? Female soldiers shot down three enemy planes?"
Yang Mingzhi shook his head: "It's not them! It's our air defense battalion! The first anti-aircraft machine gun I was responsible for leading the research and development has just arrived here. I didn't expect it to make a great contribution!"
"Is there such a thing?" Upon hearing this, Salinchkin's gloomy face immediately lit up with joy.
Yang Mingzhi knew what he was happy about and continued: "We are all very worried about the morale of the soldiers and civilians being dampened. Although we have the idea to expose the enemy's crimes to make the soldiers and civilians share the same hatred of the enemy, everyone still likes heroes! Only heroes can make the soldiers and civilians feel safe!" As he said,
He clapped his hands, and the few surviving soldiers armed with anti-aircraft machine guns, wearing their blood-stained clothes, walked in from behind the scenes.
"Comrade Salinchkin, please see, they are the heroes who shot down the enemy plane! Originally I wanted to show my merit for them, but since you are here in person, let them come to see you. Here, I recommend to you,
The 1st anti-aircraft machine gun squad of the air defense battalion consisted of 11 people, five of them were killed in action, and others are present at the scene. They are all combat heroes and deserve to receive the Order of the Red Banner!"
The matter involving the medal is no small matter. Salinchkin calmed down for more than ten seconds and replied resolutely: "If it is really them who shot down three enemy planes, they deserve the medal! I will send someone to investigate this matter."
"This matter does not require complicated investigation. Comrade Qiao Shuya should have reported this matter to you. The enemy plane's pursuit location has been determined, and I have sent people to search. Soon, a large amount of physical evidence will be collected."
"That's good! That's good! It seems that our newspaper needs to change the content! We want to focus on reporting the deeds of these air defense heroes, and you, our group army commander! Your anti-aircraft machine guns cost the enemy blood.
The price!”
"This is exactly what I want to emphasize!" Yang Mingzhi continued, "Since the army and the people believe that their commander Belekov is invincible, I must continue to be the invincible God of War. In your propaganda, you can focus on
It was claimed that most of the dead in this air strike were prisoners of war. Secondly, it promoted the anti-aircraft heroes and our anti-aircraft machine guns. One anti-aircraft machine gun shot down three enemy aircraft. In fact, after today, three more are about to come off the production line. In terms of publicity,
You must explain the data that the arsenal will produce twenty anti-aircraft machine guns in early June, and the enemy’s air attacks will be greatly curbed!”
Salinchkin came with a frown on his face. After Yang Mingzhi's remarks, his attitude suddenly changed.
He finally looked at the stalls set up in the corner of the big tent and couldn't help but ask: "My dear comrade commander, it seems you want to stay here tonight?"
"right!"
"Are you just going to lay down a stall here and spend the night?"
Yang Mingzhi nodded with a tight mouth: "This is the edge of the mine! More than 4,000 soldiers will work all night, and I will try my best to stay here to deal with various emergencies!"
"You are an excellent and responsible officer! It's getting dark now, and I have to rush back. I have to write an editorial overnight, and the protagonist is you! Comrade Berekov! Your wise performance will be appreciated tomorrow.
Newspapers will be posted all over the Guerrilla Republic!"